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'My marriage is my business. I couldn’t give a damn what people think. I love my husband, he is the most
important man in my life. Yes, I go out and have fun, but I have done
nothing to be ashamed of.'

'I’m still very much with John, I’m sitting here in the flat with John and I did nothing wrong. No marriage is perfect but ours works
for us'.

Ms Bercow attempted to play the photographs down on her Twitter account after they emerged

She said the images of her kissing the unknown man had been incorrectly interpreted by the media

Ms Bercow took to the social network to deny her marriage was in trouble after she kissed another man

The kiss happened at a birthday party and she said the mystery man is a friend.

A call centre worker who claims to have seen the kiss said she was amazed that the couple were not an item and that Mrs Bercow was married.

Aisha Laine, 21, told The Sun: 'Someone told me it was Sally out of Big Brother but I didn't recognise her. She looked a mess.

'You don't expect someone in her position to carry on like that.'

She added that she was herself interested in the man but Mrs Bercow's friends said he was off-limits.

Miss Laine added: 'I started to dance near him but straight away one of Sally's friends turned to me and said "No, not him".'

But
Mrs Bercow, whose comments and actions have left her mired in
controversy over recent years, said she is desperate for her husband to
leave his job as Speaker.

The Sun frontpage: Mrs Bercow, 44, was seen in an intimate clinch with the unidentified 'friend', now named as a London fitness trainer

'I can’t wait until John finishes being Speaker, maybe then the media will leave me alone'.

On
her Twitter account after the photographs emerged last night Mrs Bercow
attempted to play them down, claiming they are 'totally misleading'.

When
a follower tweeted her to say 'Who cares?' she replied: 'Precisely. Our
marriage suits us perfectly well thank you, whatever others may think'.

Wearing an ill-fitting brown wig, the
mother-of-three was said to have kissed the man for at least two minutes
as she drunkenly joked with fellow revellers about being a 'Z-list
celebrity'.

Speaking to the Sun,
a witness said: 'They were snogging each other with tongues and
couldn't take their hands off each other. It lasted at least two
minutes.'

While the pair
were kissing, Mrs Bercow is said to placed a hand on the mystery man's
chest, openly displaying her diamond wedding ring as she caressed his
neck.

The witness added:
'You could tell Sally was drunk. She appeared unsteady on her feet and
her top was stained so she'd obviously had a fair bit to drink.'

Denial: Ms Bercow claimed the images of her kissing a man in a nightclub are 'totally misleading'. The Labour party activist has regularly courted publicity in recent years, including appearing in Celebrity Big Brother 2011

Day job: John Bercow was in the Speaker's chair today as the picture of his wife kissing another man was published

Describing
the embrace, the witness went on to say: 'It was very intimate. She
didn't seem to care who was watching her. Perhaps she thought the wig
would disguise her.'

Outraged: Mrs Bercow claimed the images are 'totally misleading' and denied her marriage was in trouble

Mrs Bercow is thought to have left the nightclub shortly after the 2am kiss, while the man stayed inside. There is no suggestion the pair left together.

They had been partying together at No 5 Cavendish Square, where you can spend up to £1,000 to book a table in its VIP section at major events.

The celebrity hangout, which was the Spanish embassy, is just off Oxford Street in Central London and was converted into a £470-per-night hotel, restaurant and nightclub.

Stars such as Naomi Watts, Helen Flanagan and the cast of TOWIE have been seen there at various events.

Mrs
Bercow has been married to current Speaker of the House of Commons Mr
Bercow for 11 years and has regularly courted publicity in that time.

She
has appeared on a number of television programmes - including Celebrity
Big Brother - and has openly discussed her and her husband's sex life.

Only last October Mrs
Bercow, who has claimed to be a Labour party activist, said her
relationship with the Conservative MP 'isn't perfect but it is solid'.

In
February 2001 she attracted criticism for appearing in a newspaper
wearing only a bed sheet with the House of Commons in the background.

Marriage: The mother-of-three (right) has been married to current Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow (left) for 11 years. She is believed to have been wearing her diamond wedding ring during the kiss

She was accused of attempting to capitalise on her husband's position as Speaker to raise her own celebrity profile, although she later dismissed the article as 'a bit of fun' that backfired.

She also admitted Mr Bercow had 'read the Riot Act' over the photographs.

Later
in 2011 Mrs Bercow entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, becoming the
first person to be evicted from the Channel 5 show.

Last
year Mrs Bercow lost a libel case against Lord McAlpine after she
incorrectly linked the late Conservative peer to a BBC Newsnight report
alleging that ‘a leading Conservative politician from the Thatcher
years’ had been involved in child abuse.

Celebrity haunt: previous guests at the nightclub where Mrs Bercow partied have included Helen Flanagan